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To: CapitalistHogg™ who wrote (343579)9/15/2007 7:42:58 PM
From: stan_hughes  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
No bulls around? Ever met da_cheif? Member 8433347

You really shouldn't be surprised to hear a lot of bearish (or at least non-supportive) discussion of stock and other asset valuations on investment message boards like SI. 99% of investment board types are engaged in the self-direction of their investment programs, or they wouldn't be hanging around investment sites in the first place. That makes them "sophisticated investors" to use the legal definition, and such people typically include shorting and hedging techniques as part of their investment strategy when the situation warrants it

Most people in the general population don't have the time, the inclination, the emotional make-up or the knowledge required to play the stock market from both sides of the street. They just give their money over to planners and mutual funds who invest it for them -- as such, they are bulls (long-side investors) by default, and they have no clue for example what going short even means, much less have their affairs arranged to be able to do so

That's not to say being long all the time automatically makes someone a dumbass -- on the contrary -- but the mutual fund managers and computer programs that are making most of the passive bull's decisions aren't posting on SI
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